PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugene Carl Alexander Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Carl Alexander Burns

190 cm
28
210 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

170 cm
29
197 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Eugene Carl Alexander Burns!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left and a right from Silva both land. Nice combination.
Burns takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Burns takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Burns throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva connects with a crisp jab.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Burns takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Burns misses with a shot to the body
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Burns takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silva scores with the left hand. Burns knows he should have avoided that one.
Silva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice hook to Burns's body. Burns takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Burns or not.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A combination from Silva does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva pushes Burns up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Burns controls the action.
Silva pushes Burns back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burns missing with knees to the body.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Burns backwards.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Daniel Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Burns showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Burns doesn't seem phased though.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva pushes Burns back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Silva has Burns pushed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Silva dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silva with a jab.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Silva wants to clinch.
Burns takes one on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Burns has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A slow jab from Burns misses its intended target.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Burns circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burns. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva connects with a single shot there.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.

Silva rushes Burns and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva can't break the clinch.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Burns has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Burns tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Burns is blocking nicely.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Burns tries to tie him up.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee calls for Silva to work.
Burns wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Silva dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Burns throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burns takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Burns on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Burns misses with a straight left.
Burns takes one to the chin there.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Burns paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Burns with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Burns walks into a straight right hand from Silva.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Burns's head back.
Burns looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva has Burns up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva missing with knees to the body.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva scores with the left hand. Burns knows he should have avoided that one.
Burns on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Burns misses with a body punch
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Burns.
Burns throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burns throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Eugene Carl Alexander Burns has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva lunges at Burns with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Burns's hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Silva!
After winning the bout, Daniel Silva thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.